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. >> in libya a new prime minister was worn in after a vet and walk outs. businessmen have been asked to help out. today's vote is expected to be challenged by law habers. in india the largest elections are in a final week. it could play a significant role. we explain j. >> reporter: he's a self-made man, a property developer. he heads a construction company in mumbai. he's a follower of a branch of hindu faith. they recorded minority status making them the sixth official minority. joining muslims, christians, buddists and farrsies. they are given preferential treatment in business and commouption. financial lows are easier to access. this move by the government can be interpreted as one to attract votes. this would not sway anyone in the community. calls for the minority status have been ongoing, to protect the doctrine and community. there are vanadvantages. >> more people will go into education. the advantage will be that they'll be able to help people. everyone will be benefitting out of that. >> across the city another businessman and his wife though t
. >> in libya a new prime minister was worn in after a vet and walk outs. businessmen have been asked to help out. today's vote is expected to be challenged by law habers. in india the largest elections are in a final week. it could play a significant role. we explain j. >> reporter: he's a self-made man, a property developer. he heads a construction company in mumbai. he's a follower of a branch of hindu faith. they recorded minority status making them the sixth official minority....
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it was never true in libya. look at what was happening in real time, and there is nobody, nobody that thought there was a video that was causing a protest in benghazi, nobody. >> but, again -- what i was referring to was the intelligence committee does refer to a spontaneous event at the embassy in cairo that evolved into a direct attack on benghazi and the argument by critics is, this is a conflation of issues and the white house trying to obscure it and certainly trying to make the president look good. anita dunn, and that was the subject of that e-mail. >> that is unprecedented in the history of white houses, okay? >> trying to make the president look good? >> or at least -- >> or politicizing national security? >> no, trying to get a coherence message out there on shows like yours. it's been called a smoking gun. if you look at this, it's a lot more like a leaky water pistol. there's not a lot that's new in here. frankly, it's a broader kind of e-mail that gets sent around probably every friday and then agen
it was never true in libya. look at what was happening in real time, and there is nobody, nobody that thought there was a video that was causing a protest in benghazi, nobody. >> but, again -- what i was referring to was the intelligence committee does refer to a spontaneous event at the embassy in cairo that evolved into a direct attack on benghazi and the argument by critics is, this is a conflation of issues and the white house trying to obscure it and certainly trying to make the...
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remember libya. i believe so far we can be quite proud that even though there are differences here and they're both within and between we have managed to keep things together. i believe we would be operating -- offering of victory on a silver platter if he allowed us either within the eu or in the trans-atlantic community to be divided about the response. i mean that only half seriously then do we should say thank you, mr. president, the reminding is that there is a need to have a vibrant and active nato. some people in europe are beginning to think that maybe after afghanistan we don't need this organization that much anymore. thank you, mr. president, for reminding us that it is a good idea for europe to look at how to diversify our energy sources such. thank you, mr. president, for also reminding us that it is totally essential as an objective for the european union to speak with one voice, not only when things are called bud particularly at times of crises. i believe you have given us enough. i w
remember libya. i believe so far we can be quite proud that even though there are differences here and they're both within and between we have managed to keep things together. i believe we would be operating -- offering of victory on a silver platter if he allowed us either within the eu or in the trans-atlantic community to be divided about the response. i mean that only half seriously then do we should say thank you, mr. president, the reminding is that there is a need to have a vibrant and...
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. >>> in eastern libya, rebels have tried to storm the headquarters in benghazi after five people were killed. >>> time to look around the world at what the weather is like where you were, beginning in africa, i think everton? >> yeah, that's right. it's looking pretty good in africa. north africa you can see very little significant cloud out there. just fair-weather cloud. so northeastern parts of algeria you might see one or two showers as you go into the weekend. but that aside, it looks warm, dry, and sunny. heating up in cairo, could touch 40 celsius here. hot and dry pretty much sums it up elsewhere. we have our seasonal rains rumbling away here, running across central africa. we have seen very heavy rain in nigeria. around 55 millimeters. 92 millimeters of rain here in the space of 24 hours as well. those heavy showers will continue across west africa, through ghana, pushing across into southern nigeria. little change as we go through the weekend. out further south it is the dry seen for southern africa. temperatures in johannesberg are 22 stephen. >> thank you. >>> the trial of
. >>> in eastern libya, rebels have tried to storm the headquarters in benghazi after five people were killed. >>> time to look around the world at what the weather is like where you were, beginning in africa, i think everton? >> yeah, that's right. it's looking pretty good in africa. north africa you can see very little significant cloud out there. just fair-weather cloud. so northeastern parts of algeria you might see one or two showers as you go into the weekend. but...
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when i was covering the conflict in libya i came to see the journalists are just not reporting the news, they are truth seekers. imagine for a moment what would happen if we stopped working with courage. if we abandoned our integrity and gave up independence and freedom, it would leave the world a far more ignorant place with dictators free to take advantage and flurish. i learned my profession with the japanese and the highest expression of gratitude is bow so i want to bow for free press and end to our detention. >> let's bring in the international federation of journalist and a former spokesman for the international criminal court and is live from brussels tell us why world press day or press freedom day is so important. >> it's very important because as you just heard we are far from achieving that kind of idea in the real world. we have many colleagues who are behind jail like in egypt but also elsewhere like in turkey and other places. and so this is an occasion for us to rally around our profession and to call again on the government to respect the right of journalists to go abou
when i was covering the conflict in libya i came to see the journalists are just not reporting the news, they are truth seekers. imagine for a moment what would happen if we stopped working with courage. if we abandoned our integrity and gave up independence and freedom, it would leave the world a far more ignorant place with dictators free to take advantage and flurish. i learned my profession with the japanese and the highest expression of gratitude is bow so i want to bow for free press and...
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ambassador to libya, chris stevens. he placed the blame on the state department for not making stronger requests for help. >> we didn't know how long this would last when we became aware of the distress. nor did we completely understand what we had in front of us. we had a kidnapping, rescue, recovery, protracted hostile engagement or any or all of the above. >> this newly released e-mail suggests that the white house blamed the attack on a video to take away from criticism of the president's policies. this previously secret white housey mail lists the top goals for susan rice as she prepared for a now infamous round of interviews just days after the attack saying she should, quote, underscore these protests are rooted in an internet video and not a broader failure of policy and that's what she said. >> when taken in reaction to this very offensive video. >> reporter: the white house insisted for 18 months that rice's talking points came from the intelligence community but this e-mail was written by a top political aide
ambassador to libya, chris stevens. he placed the blame on the state department for not making stronger requests for help. >> we didn't know how long this would last when we became aware of the distress. nor did we completely understand what we had in front of us. we had a kidnapping, rescue, recovery, protracted hostile engagement or any or all of the above. >> this newly released e-mail suggests that the white house blamed the attack on a video to take away from criticism of the...
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the factors make libya a concern. 30 miles from the libya border, which have multiple links to libya, including training. despite the superb execution of the intervention, this created a complicated regional dynamic for the u.s. senate helped jihadist groups and has had negative consequences for libya's neighbors. it is not clear the intervention saved lives. some scholars argue that the fact the nato intervention prolonged the were meant that it cost more lives than it safe. even if it saves more lives than libya, further lives were lost as a result. this is why i cannot join with those who reclaim nato's intervention to be a strategic success. i appreciate the opportunity to testify and i look forward to answer your questions. >> thank you. chairman, ranking member cummings, committee members, i am grateful for the opportunity to speak with you about libya's security crisis and what the international community can do to assist. i bring the perspective of both a scholar who travels frequently to the country and a military officer who served in tripoli prior to the revolution. ice oak
the factors make libya a concern. 30 miles from the libya border, which have multiple links to libya, including training. despite the superb execution of the intervention, this created a complicated regional dynamic for the u.s. senate helped jihadist groups and has had negative consequences for libya's neighbors. it is not clear the intervention saved lives. some scholars argue that the fact the nato intervention prolonged the were meant that it cost more lives than it safe. even if it saves...
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. >> did libya receive any sort of heightened monitoring? >> most certainly. as some of the other panelists have stated today, we absolutely watch from a ct perspective, absolutely, as well as also just helping to monitor things going on in the nation and in general. >> i thank the dome and. >> thank you. >> we now go to the gentleman from florida. >> thank you. thank you, mr. chairman. general, can you explain the itnificance of the fact that was not just the intelligence shop, but the intelligence and knowledge development shop? >> yes, as i also provided in thewritten statement, intelligence and knowledge development division was the nomenclature used to identify to shopld be a typical in other. shop on, it became a j2 but retained a knowledge development peace. knowledge development has more to do with many sources that maybe unclassified open source type reporting, etc. so you are trying to bring in a morelesce comprehensive intelligence picture utilizing knowledge. in a command and in a fear of operations such as africa where a great need for intelligenc
. >> did libya receive any sort of heightened monitoring? >> most certainly. as some of the other panelists have stated today, we absolutely watch from a ct perspective, absolutely, as well as also just helping to monitor things going on in the nation and in general. >> i thank the dome and. >> thank you. >> we now go to the gentleman from florida. >> thank you. thank you, mr. chairman. general, can you explain the itnificance of the fact that was not just...
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. >> we had a guest here who complained that when we saw similar images in libya and ukraine, members of the senate took to the floor and demanded action, but when it was south sudan, silence. your reaction. >> well, i can see where that argument comes from. i think a lot of people are very frustrated, policy makers around the globe, as to how to get to these two leaders, the president and former president, and how to change their calculations. i don't think some sort of international intervention is on the table here, but there really is a good deal of attention that's going to this. it's not so much why don't people care, it's how can we change their behavior and so far, we're coming up empty. >> how will john kerry's presence at the peace talks be received given the recent threat of u.s. sanctions? >> i think the symbolism of his direct involvement is going to be a good thing, and i suspect there may be conversations about those sanctions and how they can be most impactful. a lot depends on the region, on neighboring countries. it's good to hear secretary kerry is meeting with thei
. >> we had a guest here who complained that when we saw similar images in libya and ukraine, members of the senate took to the floor and demanded action, but when it was south sudan, silence. your reaction. >> well, i can see where that argument comes from. i think a lot of people are very frustrated, policy makers around the globe, as to how to get to these two leaders, the president and former president, and how to change their calculations. i don't think some sort of...
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. >> reporter: 18 months after the terrorist attack in benghazi, libya that killed four americans newly released e-mails say the white house blamed the attack on an e-mail to deflect attention to policies. interviews days after the attacks saying she should quote, underscore these protests are rooted in an zernt internet video and not a broader failure of policy. and that's what she said. >> and reaction to this very offensive video that was disseminated. >> reporter: the white house has long insisted rice's talking points came from the intelligence communities but the e-mail is written by a top political aide and the cia director told congress the intelligence community didn't agree with what rice said. >> when she talked about the video, my reaction is that is not something that the analysts have attributed this attack to. >> reporter: the white house insists she didn't change the story at all but released in response to a lawsuit demanding all benghazi related e-mails. >> why were you holding back this information? why was the e-mail not turned over to the congress? this is directly
. >> reporter: 18 months after the terrorist attack in benghazi, libya that killed four americans newly released e-mails say the white house blamed the attack on an e-mail to deflect attention to policies. interviews days after the attacks saying she should quote, underscore these protests are rooted in an zernt internet video and not a broader failure of policy. and that's what she said. >> and reaction to this very offensive video that was disseminated. >> reporter: the...
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. >>> as some breaking news for you from libya. gunmen have stormed the libya parliament in tripoli and started shooting, and forced lawmakers to abandon a vote on the next prime minister. several people have been wounded by the shooting, and according reuters news agency, the gunmen were part of a party from one of the candidates. this has now disrupted the vote on the next prime minister with several people injured, and we'll give you the latest on that as we get it. >>> anti-corruption investigators in indonesia say this month's parliamentary elections were the most fraudulent in recent history. steph has the report. >> reporter: others prefer to do it secretly, but this parliament member is caught on camera, handing out money during a recent campaign rally. he denies it is vote buying because he says he did not make an agreement that people receiving the money should vote for him. >> translator: my religion says to help each other. there is nothing dangerous about this. i always have a lot of money in my pocket, and i am not ca
. >>> as some breaking news for you from libya. gunmen have stormed the libya parliament in tripoli and started shooting, and forced lawmakers to abandon a vote on the next prime minister. several people have been wounded by the shooting, and according reuters news agency, the gunmen were part of a party from one of the candidates. this has now disrupted the vote on the next prime minister with several people injured, and we'll give you the latest on that as we get it. >>>...